"Countdown" - July 8, 2022

[Jeremy Smith]

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Looks like it's going to be one of those weeks...
Sigh!

[LadyBird]

18 Muggles and 28 guests lurking on this forum--waiting and waiting.

And........we're off!

[Tom Shea]

That was traumatic. Sauvignon blanc and salad before dinner. I'll check in with Isaac later on the real thread for this week.

[Dplass]

The better hurry, I have a 5 pm haircut appointment. I will open the topic with some question marks and TBD's

You should plan your schedule better, LOL! No Thursday conflicts.

I know, right... my team has a weekly Thursday 4pm meeting... and I had to present today so there was no way to get the puzzle "on time"...

[Cindy]

The better hurry, I have a 5 pm haircut appointment. I will open the topic with some question marks and TBD's

You should plan your schedule better, LOL! No Thursday conflicts.

I know, right... my team has a weekly Thursday 4pm meeting... and I had to present today so there was no way to get the puzzle "on time"...

And I foolishly scheduled Physical Therapy every Tuesday and Thursday at 3. I have learned that they often have no one right before me, so I go early. Home today at 4:02.

[FKelly]

Thanks for posting the nice photos of barred owls. A week ago, our boot camp workout was interrupted by a large hawk or eagle catching a very surprised sparrow under the branches of a tree about 15 feet away. For such a large bird, it's surprisingly agile. It happened so fast no one was able to get a photo.

Most likely a Cooper's hawk based on your description. And you are right, how agile and quick they are.

It probably wasn't a Cooper's hawk based on the appearance as per https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Coopers_Hawk/id
It appeared to be a solid bronze in color with perhaps some variation front versus back. It made a tight loop around the tree trunk and then came to a stop in midair at about the time of intercept.